666, Numerologically and Biblically

Numerologically speaking, 666 is a pompous number, full of itself. While the vibes of the number 6 can be warm, nurturing, and domestic, it also tends to be the fanatic whose beliefs and views of life are the only tenable ones. 666 represents the vibes of the number 6 with tripled intensity. "Fighting for God" is a 666 type of statement.

The number 6 is the second of three triads (3 being the first and 9 the third). 666 is convinced it is a triad all by itself.

The fox is a 666 animal. Each of the letters f, o, and x have a value of 6.

Biblically speaking, whoever concocted Revelations 13:18 was a wise, wise individual. For, in what better way does one ensure a lesson is remembered, generation after generation after generation, than by having a respected authority publish a riddle, almost solved, solved tantalizingly close, having to do with the very freedom of mankind.

It may be unsolvable. Finding numbers to match events that have happened is so very easy. I call it reverse numerology. It allows the "proving" of many different solutions, so much so that the real solution, if found, is hidden by all the other solutions. Witness the many numerological "proofs" about 9/11, going so far as to assert the date was chosen because it is the generally accepted emergency telephone number in the USA. How silly. If they really wanted to make a date-specific impact, a religious holiday such as Easter would have been chosen — now that would have grabbed the gut of every firm Christian and maybe never let go, certainly not until long after the other intense emotions of the event had stopped seething.

Thus, existing people and events can almost always be "proved" to be 666. That, too, is silly. The more that are so proved, the more the perceived validity of subsequent proofs and the methods used to reach them are diluted. For example, The Number of the Beast: A Numerological Primer tries to invalidate numerology by focusing on a few ridiculous 666 "proofs," albeit somewhat sarcastically and without revealing a good understanding of the practice of numerology for divination.

The observation of events is a much better avenue of investigation. Yet, the number 666 grabs the imagination and off we go with our reverse numerology to find so many solutions we'll never know whether or not the real one has been uncovered.

With the 666 mystery always in our subconscious, we are alert for events resembling the warnings presented as prophesies related to that number. Some may slip by us; 666 is hidden by blatant obviousness, yet justified in a way that makes sense at the time. It is, after all, the firm conviction of 666 that the actions are of the highest importance — the idea of being wrong does not exist, the thought is never entertertained — a conviction so strong that it tends to occlude the common sense of listeners and watchers and, if someone does see the obvious, it can be so appalling that it is quickly shunted into the mental realm of "not possible." Such is the power of 666.

It is the Revelations 13:18 warning that matters, not the event itself. The warning should allow us to spot and siderail 666 individuals during the process of gaining power. If the event itself comes about, then Revelations 13:18 will have failed and, it could be argued, our complacency and refusal to act being evidence we deserve to experience the event.

Thursday, June 1, 2006